Not everyone, not you

Chapter 37 - Sentenced to death

Clarke's POV

It's been a week since we've had the trial. It's been a week since I've seen Bellamy. It's hard to register what happened and what he told me. Bellamy Blake in love with me? I've never had feelings for him in that way. Everything makes sense now, he tried to show me that he'll do anything to protect me by going into Mount Weather and being our secret weapon. I can't think of him in any other way than just a brother. Everyone risks their lives here, it's what's normal now. His execution takes place at noon near the campfire. Which means, he has an hour left to live. I spend the remaining hour with my friends near the fire. Lexa's been telling us stories about her life before we landed on Earth and into their territory.

"It's time." Kane said, walking up to our group.

We all nodded and waited for him to leave.

"Isn't it crazy that he used to hang out with us?" Raven said.

"Not with me, since I haven't been around as long as all of you." Luna said.

"We were at war when we met and we sent him into the mountain, so I didn't get to talk to him properly." Lexa said.

"You would've liked him before the war, he was nice." Octavia said.

"And over protective." continued Murphy.

"Used to be until I put him in his place." Octavia replied.

We all get up and start gathering with the rest of Arkadia in front of the pole which will be used for Bellamy. We make it to the front. We wait a couple more minutes and the crowd gathers behind and around. The guards start walking towards the pole with Bellamy in the middle of them. Kane and my mom are behind all of them. The guards tie Bellamy to the pole, without him resisting at all. When they're finished they leave the pole and nod to Kane. He walks up to Bellamy and turns to us, the crowd.

"Today, we are gathered because it is time for Bellamy's punishment for his attempt to murder John Murphy. His punishment is death by a thousand cuts. John, you're up first." Kane says loudly for us all to hear him.

Murphy walks up to Kane and takes the dagger I recognize as Lexa's to him.

"Isn't that yours?" I ask her quietly.

"I gave it to him for today." she replies.

I nod and turn my attention back at Murphy. He walks up to Bellamy and stares at him in the eyes for a few seconds until he lifts his hands and rips his shirt. He takes the dagger and drags it across his chest.

"That's for the first bullet that entered my body." he said loud enough for us in the front to hear.

He drags the dagger across his chest again, crossing the other cut making an X over his heart.

"That's for the second bullet that entered my body." he said.

He takes the dagger and brings it to Bellamy's right arm and gives him a deep cut, but not deep enough to kill him soon.

"That's for the third one." he said before turning away from him.

He hands the dagger to Kane, and walks back to us.

"Who's next?" Kane asked.

Octavia walks up to Kane and takes the dagger. She has an angry expression on her face, I don't blame her.

"I trusted you Bellamy. We all trusted you. You aren't my big brother anymore, you're a stranger." she says to him before dragging the dagger across his stomach.

She steps down and hands the dagger to Kane. I take a deep breath and walk forward towards Kane, but Lexa grabs my hand.

"You don't have to do this. Not alone." she whispers,

"It's okay, I can do this." I reply.

She nods and let's go. I take the dagger from Kane and walk up to Bellamy. I drag it across his stomach and I keep an emotionless face. I retreat back to my group and we wait. An hour full of groans from Bellamy passes by and almost everyone from Arkadia has gone up to Bellamy and cut him. Kane nods at Lexa and she goes up and take one of her swords from her back. She aims it right in the middle of the X that was formed earlier by Murphy and pushes it through his body slowly until his head drops completely.